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Shirred eggs at Ici
Have you ever had shirred eggs? I walked into Ici last weekend, after taking snow pictures in Ft. Greene, and "shirred eggs with bacon and greens" totally jumped out at me. Who does not like new kinds of food that one has never had? It is like Christmas on a plate, and as a person who does not celebrate xmas, I will take this instead. But shirred eggs are baked eggs, and when the friendly server told me that, I was sold. And boy, that was a great idea because shirred eggs at Ici will rock your knickers off.
As you can see from the picture, basically what they do is bake the eggs in a shallow dish. In this instance, they added some bacon and green leafy vegetables along with the eggs. The top of the dish had some cheese too that was baked and crispy. They must add something else in there because the dish was super creamy in the middle and there is no way two eggs would have that much egg white? And how do you get it so creamy and delicious? After the first bite, I made a note to eat this slowly and really enjoy it. The one problem was that the egg yolk is just super cooked through. Could they possibly separate the yolks then drop it in right before the egg white congeals? Probably not though, since those guys are cooks and they would have thought of that and I just eat.
Now I understand most of you will not travel all the way to Ft. Greene just to eat baked eggs. Maybe I will attempt to do this at home sometime this weekend and see what happens... but if you get a chance to have shirred eggs in your future, please give it a chance and let me know how it turns out for you. Are all shirred eggs this delicious?
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Ici
Address: 246 Dekalb Ave . New York, NY 11226
Phone: 718-789-2778
MapPosted by Danny on February 27 2008 at 8:48 am
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Ahh, I love shirred eggs! Even though I've only eaten them once! -_- It's easy to make! I've never tried it, but I watched someone...make them for me. Heheh.
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Robyn on February 27 2008 at 1:38 pm
Cheese? Egg? I'm sold! It looks awesome.
Agnes on February 27 2008 at 5:10 pm
Do you read Gourmet? There is this fun article on the omelet by Francis Lam.
Jonathan on February 27 2008 at 8:34 pm
Ici is good for dinner too!
Ang on February 27 2008 at 11:26 pm
that looks so yummy =3
Kumi on February 28 2008 at 1:05 am
Oooh, I'm craving for some shirred eggs after walking in the freezin' cold today!
Tina on February 28 2008 at 2:50 pm
Mmm...love eggs! Amazing photos!
JEP on March 1 2008 at 3:16 pm
yum, yum, yum. i have a friend who just moved to fort greene, we'll have to go here.
baked eggs + pork + greens = dreamy. a spoonful or two of cream in the ramekin with the eggs guarantees a warm creamy delight.
michelle @ thursday night smackdown on March 1 2008 at 10:07 pm
Robyn,
Haha, watched someone make it for you? Well that has to be slightly better than making it yourself. And I guessed right!
Agnes,
Yes, you are totally right, anything with cheese and eggs is a winner!
Jonathan,
Sadly I do not read anything that is not displayed on a monitor.. I have to go look that up now. Is it from March?
Ang,
Oooh, maybe I will have to go back for dinner too.
Kumi,
Thanks! It really *was* yummy.
Tina,
Me too! Except the weather lately is all crazy and weird. Do you know where to get it in the city?
JEP,
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Michelle,
Thanks for stopping by! There is also a great place in Ft. Greene called The Smoke Joint that has really good BBQ.
Danny on March 2 2008 at 11:02 am
That looks yummy.I have been making a similar dish, it's not called shirred eggs, but looks very and sounds similar. My dish doesn't have cheese, but the yolk stays soft, maybe if you dont add the cheese the yolk wont get cooked.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/241180
Alla on March 15 2008 at 4:21 pm
Hi Alla,
Thanks for the link!
Danny on March 16 2008 at 12:40 am